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# First setup

Set your reporting currency, decide on demo data, and turn on reminders.

**What you'll do:** finish the welcome screens and get Accountant ready for your first transaction. It takes about a minute.

## 1. Finish setup

When you open Accountant for the first time, you see **Welcome to Accountant**.

1. On the **Finish setup** card, tap **Reporting currency** and choose the currency you think in, usually your home currency. All totals and reports are shown in it.
2. Decide whether to turn on **Add demo data** (see below).
3. Read the **Terms and conditions** and **Privacy Policy** (both are linked), then tap **Continue**.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Reporting currency is not a limit.** Your bank, cash and card accounts can each use a different currency. The reporting currency is only the one used for totals and reports. You can change it later in **Settings › Reporting currency**; see [Multi-currency](/accountant/transactions/multi-currency.md).
{% endhint %}

## 2. Demo data or a fresh start

**Add demo data** fills the app with sample accounts and a few months of transactions, so you can explore the reports, the dashboard, credit cards, loans and multi-currency without entering anything yourself.

* **Turn it on** if you want to look around first. Remove it later with **Settings › Remove demo data**. Your own records are kept; only the sample data is removed.
* **Leave it off** to start with an empty ledger and the default account categories.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Sample data can't be synced. If you turn on **Sync across devices** while demo data is present, the app asks you to **Remove sample data** first.
{% endhint %}

## 3. Transaction reminders

Next, the app asks to send you notifications. Tap **Enable notifications** to get reminders for scheduled transactions, credit card due dates, loan payments and savings goal milestones. Tap **Skip** if you don't want them; you can allow them later in Android settings.

## What next?

1. [Set up your accounts](/accountant/accounts/setting-up-accounts.md): your cash, bank accounts, cards and loans, with their current balances.
2. [Record your first transaction](/accountant/transactions/recording-a-transaction.md).
3. Take a short tour: [Navigating the app](/accountant/getting-started/navigating-the-app.md).


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